Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

2011-01-01 Thread Ralph Corderoy 

Hi Tim,

> > How does the output of yours compare with ours that work, e.g. when
> > it decides on a video codec?
>
> Well that was interesting, I assumed you meant the 
> 
> mplayer http://www.windriders.co.uk/video/eastbourne2007small.wmv
> 
> command, below is the output, I was surprised when mplayer started
> playing (and complained).

I meant more `mplayer eastbourne2007small.wmv' assuming you'd downloaded
the file but it doesn't matter.  :-)

> Opening video decoder: [dmo] DMO video codecs
> DMO dll supports VO Optimizations 0 1
> DMO dll might use previous sample when requested
> Decoder supports the following formats: YV12 YUY2 UYVY YVYU RGB8 RGB555 
> RGB565 RGB24 RGB32 
> Decoder is capable of YUV output (flags 0x1b)
> Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
> VO: [x11] 800x600 => 800x600 Planar YV12 
> [swscaler @ 0xa97cc50] using unscaled yuv420p -> bgra special converter
> Selected video codec: [wmvadmo] vfm: dmo (Windows Media Video Adv DMO)
> ==
> ==
> Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
> AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 105.3 kbit/7.46% (ratio: 13159->176400)
> Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm: ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg))

This looks identical to my output in all salient details so I'm out of
ideas;  sorry.  Perhaps some Debian-specific list/forum would help?

Cheers,
Ralph.


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Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

2010-12-30 Thread Tim 
On Thursday 30 December 2010 18:36:01 Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> > Trying to use Mplayer on its own I only get audio
>
> How does the output of yours compare with ours that work, e.g. when it
> decides on a video codec?
>
> Cheers,
> Ralph.
>
Well that was interesting, I assumed you meant the 

mplayer http://www.windriders.co.uk/video/eastbourne2007small.wmv

command, below is the output, I was surprised when mplayer started playing (and 
complained). Trying to run mplayer via the gui just fails, does not give any 
errors.

For the record the PC is a AMD Athlon XP (1.7ghz) 1gbm memory with an onboard 
S3 
Savage video.

The quit bit at the bottom of the output is where I closed the video 

---

ka...@karen:~$ mplayer http://www.windriders.co.uk/video/eastbourne2007small.wmv
MPlayer SVN-r31918 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory
Can't init input joystick
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing http://www.windriders.co.uk/video/eastbourne2007small.wmv.
Resolving www.windriders.co.uk for AF_INET6...

Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: www.windriders.co.uk
Resolving www.windriders.co.uk for AF_INET...
Connecting to server www.windriders.co.uk[195.62.28.236]: 80...

STREAM_ASF, URL: http://www.windriders.co.uk/video/eastbourne2007small.wmv
Resolving www.windriders.co.uk for AF_INET6...

Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: www.windriders.co.uk
Resolving www.windriders.co.uk for AF_INET...
Connecting to server www.windriders.co.uk[195.62.28.236]: 80...

size_confirm mismatch!: 30130 43520
Error while parsing chunk header
Failed, exiting.
Resolving www.windriders.co.uk for AF_INET6...

Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: www.windriders.co.uk
Resolving www.windriders.co.uk for AF_INET...
Connecting to server www.windriders.co.uk[195.62.28.236]: 80...

Cache size set to 320 KBytes
Cache fill: 15.00% (49152 bytes)   

ASF file format detected.
[asfheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
[asfheader] Video stream found, -vid 2
VIDEO:  [WVP2]  800x600  24bpp  1000.000 fps   31.8 kbps ( 3.9 kbyte/s)
open: No such file or directory
[MGA] Couldn't open: /dev/mga_vid
open: No such file or directory
[MGA] Couldn't open: /dev/mga_vid
[VO_TDFXFB] Can't open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory.
s3fb: can't open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-VidModeExtension" missing on display ":1.0".
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object 
file: 
No such file or directory
[vdpau] Error when calling vdp_device_create_x11: 1
Xlib:  extension "XVideo" missing on display ":1.0".
[VO_XV] Sorry, Xv not supported by this X11 version/driver
[VO_XV]  Try with  -vo x11  or  -vo sdl  *
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
[gl] no GLX support present
==
Opening video decoder: [dmo] DMO video codecs
DMO dll supports VO Optimizations 0 1
DMO dll might use previous sample when requested
Decoder supports the following formats: YV12 YUY2 UYVY YVYU RGB8 RGB555 RGB565 
RGB24 RGB32 
Decoder is capable of YUV output (flags 0x1b)
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [x11] 800x600 => 800x600 Planar YV12 
[swscaler @ 0xa97cc50] using unscaled yuv420p -> bgra special converter
Selected video codec: [wmvadmo] vfm: dmo (Windows Media Video Adv DMO)
==
==
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 105.3 kbit/7.46% (ratio: 13159->176400)
Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm: ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg))
==
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
A:  11.0 V:   6.7 A-V:  4.344 ct:  0.040  51/ 51 90% 269% 10.4% 50 0 43% 


   
    Your system is too SLOW to play this!  
   

Possible reasons, problems, workarounds:
- Most common: broken/buggy _audio_ driver
  - Try -ao sdl or use the OSS emulation of ALSA.
  - Experiment with different values for -autosync, 30 is a good start.
- Slow video output
  - Try a different -vo driver (-vo help for a list) or try -framedrop!
- Slow CPU
  - Don't try to play a big DVD/DivX on a slow CPU! Try some of the lavdopts,
e.g. -vfm ffmpeg -lavdopts lowres=1:fast:skiploopfilter=all.
- Broken file
  - Try various combinations of -nobps -ni -forceidx -mc 0.
- Slow media (NFS/SMB mounts, DVD, VCD etc)
  - Try -cache 8192.
- Are you using -cache to play a non-interleaved

Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

2010-12-30 Thread Ralph Corderoy 

Hi Tim,

> Trying to use Mplayer on its own I only get audio

How does the output of yours compare with ours that work, e.g. when it
decides on a video codec?

Cheers,
Ralph.


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Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

2010-12-30 Thread Tim 
On Thursday 30 December 2010 16:41:13 John Carlyle-Clarke wrote:
> It plays here on Archlinux with mplayer.  Excerpts below.
>
> [~] $ mplayer http://www.windriders.co.uk/video/eastbourne2007small.wmv
> MPlayer SVN-r32663-4.5.1 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
> ASF file format detected.
> [asfheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
> [asfheader] Video stream found, -vid 2
> VIDEO:  [WVP2]  800x600  24bpp  1000.000 fps   31.8 kbps ( 3.9 kbyte/s)
> Opening video decoder: [dmo] DMO video codecs
> VO: [xv] 800x600 => 800x600 Planar YV12
> Selected video codec: [wmvadmo] vfm: dmo (Windows Media Video Adv DMO)
> Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
> AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 105.3 kbit/7.46% (ratio: 13159->176400)
> Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm: ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg))
>
> If it's any use, the codec comes from:
>
> [~] $ pacman -Qi codecs
> Name   : codecs
> Version: 20100303-4
> URL: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html
> Licences   : unknown
> Groups : None
> Provides   : None
> Depends On : libstdc++5
> Optional Deps  : None
> Required By: None
> Conflicts With : codecs-extra
> Replaces   : codecs-extra
> Installed Size : 48692.00 K
> Packager   : Unknown Packager
> Architecture   : i686
> Build Date : Fri 05 Nov 2010 11:25:11 GMT
> Install Date   : Fri 05 Nov 2010 11:48:31 GMT
> Install Reason : Explicitly installed
> Install Script : No
> Description: Non-linux native codec pack.
>
> On 30/12/10 13:22, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Robert Bronsdon wrote:
> >>> http://www.windriders.co.uk/video/eastbourne2007small.wmv
> >>
> >> I can confirm the problem is a lack of video. I can play other .wmv
> >> files  fine but this one just has sound.
> >
> > It plays fine here with mplayer from Medibuntu on Ubuntu 8.04.
> >
> >  $ apt-cache policy mplayer
> >  mplayer:
> >Installed: 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1+medibuntu1
> >Candidate: 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1+medibuntu1
> >Version table:
> >   *** 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1+medibuntu1 0
> >  500 http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy/non-free Packages
> >  100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> >   2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1 0
> >  500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse
> > Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse
> > Packages 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13 0
> >  500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
> >  $
> >
> >> If you hunt through the below you'll notice mplayer doesn't even look
> >> for a video codec. It just reports no video stream.
> >
> > No, I don't think that's true...
> >
> >> $ mplayer eastbourne2007small.wmv
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> >> Playing eastbourne2007small.wmv.
> >> ASF file format detected.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> >> Requested video codec family [wmvadmo] (vfm=dmo) not available.
> >> Enable it at compilation.
> >
> > The output here includes
> >
> >  Selected video codec: [wmvadmo] vfm: dmo (Windows Media Video Adv
> >  DMO)
> >
> > So we both agree wmvadmo is desirable but you, and possibly OP Tim,
> > don't have it.  I suspect the problem is down to Debian not shipping a
> > binary that can cope with the format, presumably because of freeness
> > issues.  Perhaps there's a Medibuntu for Debian, e.g.
> >
> >  http://www.debian-multimedia.org/
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ralph.
>

OK Progress of sorts

I can play the video (with sound and pictures) providing I use Iceweasel 
3.5.15, 
still does not work in chrome.

I can play the video locally providing I use Gnome Mplayer although the play 
back is very choppy. Trying to use Mplayer on its own I only get audio, if I 
try Xine it complains about unsupported codec WVP2 but plays the audio.

I have both the win32 and codecs folders in /usr/lib/ and both seem to hold 
identical files (in fact all files in the codecs folder of symlinked to the 
win32 folder)and include the wmvadvd.dll file

Tim

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Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

2010-12-30 Thread Ralph Corderoy 

Hi,

John Carlyle-Clarke wrote:
> Selected video codec: [wmvadmo] vfm: dmo (Windows Media Video Adv DMO)

http://code.google.com/p/mplayer-ce/source/browse/trunk/mplayer/etc/codecs.conf#1277
suggests that codec is in "wmvadvd".

$ locate wmvadvd
/usr/lib/codecs/wmvadvd.dll
$ pkg find /usr/lib/codecs/wmvadvd.dll
w32codecs: /usr/lib/codecs/wmvadvd.dll
$ pkg ver w32codecs
w32codecs 20071007-0medibuntu2.1
$

Cheers,
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Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

2010-12-30 Thread John Carlyle-Clarke 

It plays here on Archlinux with mplayer.  Excerpts below.

[~] $ mplayer http://www.windriders.co.uk/video/eastbourne2007small.wmv
MPlayer SVN-r32663-4.5.1 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
ASF file format detected.
[asfheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
[asfheader] Video stream found, -vid 2
VIDEO:  [WVP2]  800x600  24bpp  1000.000 fps   31.8 kbps ( 3.9 kbyte/s)
Opening video decoder: [dmo] DMO video codecs
VO: [xv] 800x600 => 800x600 Planar YV12
Selected video codec: [wmvadmo] vfm: dmo (Windows Media Video Adv DMO)
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 105.3 kbit/7.46% (ratio: 13159->176400)
Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm: ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg))

If it's any use, the codec comes from:

[~] $ pacman -Qi codecs
Name   : codecs
Version: 20100303-4
URL: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html
Licences   : unknown
Groups : None
Provides   : None
Depends On : libstdc++5
Optional Deps  : None
Required By: None
Conflicts With : codecs-extra
Replaces   : codecs-extra
Installed Size : 48692.00 K
Packager   : Unknown Packager
Architecture   : i686
Build Date : Fri 05 Nov 2010 11:25:11 GMT
Install Date   : Fri 05 Nov 2010 11:48:31 GMT
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Description: Non-linux native codec pack.


On 30/12/10 13:22, Ralph Corderoy wrote:


Hi,

Robert Bronsdon wrote:

http://www.windriders.co.uk/video/eastbourne2007small.wmv


I can confirm the problem is a lack of video. I can play other .wmv
files  fine but this one just has sound.


It plays fine here with mplayer from Medibuntu on Ubuntu 8.04.

 $ apt-cache policy mplayer
 mplayer:
   Installed: 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1+medibuntu1
   Candidate: 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1+medibuntu1
   Version table:
  *** 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1+medibuntu1 0
 500 http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy/non-free Packages
 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1 0
 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Packages
 500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Packages
  2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13 0
 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
 $


If you hunt through the below you'll notice mplayer doesn't even look
for a video codec. It just reports no video stream.


No, I don't think that's true...


$ mplayer eastbourne2007small.wmv

[snip]

Playing eastbourne2007small.wmv.
ASF file format detected.

[snip]

Requested video codec family [wmvadmo] (vfm=dmo) not available.
Enable it at compilation.


The output here includes

 Selected video codec: [wmvadmo] vfm: dmo (Windows Media Video Adv
 DMO)

So we both agree wmvadmo is desirable but you, and possibly OP Tim,
don't have it.  I suspect the problem is down to Debian not shipping a
binary that can cope with the format, presumably because of freeness
issues.  Perhaps there's a Medibuntu for Debian, e.g.

 http://www.debian-multimedia.org/

Cheers,
Ralph.



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Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

2010-12-30 Thread Ralph Corderoy 

Hi,

Robert Bronsdon wrote:
> > http://www.windriders.co.uk/video/eastbourne2007small.wmv
>
> I can confirm the problem is a lack of video. I can play other .wmv
> files  fine but this one just has sound.

It plays fine here with mplayer from Medibuntu on Ubuntu 8.04.

$ apt-cache policy mplayer
mplayer:
  Installed: 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1+medibuntu1
  Candidate: 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1+medibuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1+medibuntu1 0
500 http://packages.medibuntu.org hardy/non-free Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Packages
 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
$

> If you hunt through the below you'll notice mplayer doesn't even look
> for a video codec. It just reports no video stream.

No, I don't think that's true...

> $ mplayer eastbourne2007small.wmv
[snip]
> Playing eastbourne2007small.wmv.
> ASF file format detected.
[snip]
> Requested video codec family [wmvadmo] (vfm=dmo) not available.
> Enable it at compilation.

The output here includes

Selected video codec: [wmvadmo] vfm: dmo (Windows Media Video Adv
DMO)

So we both agree wmvadmo is desirable but you, and possibly OP Tim,
don't have it.  I suspect the problem is down to Debian not shipping a
binary that can cope with the format, presumably because of freeness
issues.  Perhaps there's a Medibuntu for Debian, e.g.

http://www.debian-multimedia.org/

Cheers,
Ralph.


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Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

2010-12-29 Thread Tim 
On Wednesday 29 December 2010 20:44:16 Peter Merchant wrote:
> > I made the video and I can confirm that there is a video feed in the file
> > as well. I can download it and play it locally on my PC with KMPlayer or
> > play it through the web broswer (not quite sure what chrome uses). When I
> > try through the chrome browser on the wifes PC I get missing plugin.
> >
> > My PC is running Mepis 8 which is a lenny based distro
> >
> > Tim
>
> When I try to play it through the Chrome browser, I get 'missing plugin'
> with no further help.
>
> Peter M.
>
>
Same here



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Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

2010-12-29 Thread Peter Merchant 

> 
> I made the video and I can confirm that there is a video feed in the file as 
> well. I can download it and play it locally on my PC with KMPlayer or play it 
> through the web broswer (not quite sure what chrome uses). When I try through 
> the chrome browser on the wifes PC I get missing plugin.
> 
> My PC is running Mepis 8 which is a lenny based distro
> 
> Tim 
> 

When I try to play it through the Chrome browser, I get 'missing plugin'
with no further help. 

Peter M.


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Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

2010-12-29 Thread Robert Bronsdon 

On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:25:59 -, StarLion  wrote:


I've seen this happen to me before. Some NVidia cards have something
on the card which helps when rendering video, and to make it work one
needs the VDPAU library.
Try disabling (or removing) it, and then as it's not encountering this
error, it should try to find a codec.


Aah very sorry. Yes Nvidia card here though I'm using the nouveau driver.

Personally I would say to transcode the video to something more usable  
then ;)


I'll be honest playing around with mplayer -vo I'm not getting the video  
at all...


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Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

2010-12-29 Thread Tim 
On Wednesday 29 December 2010 18:25:59 StarLion wrote:
> > If you hunt through the below you'll notice mplayer doesn't even look for
> > a video codec. It just reports no video stream.
>
> Not quite so.
>
> > VIDEO:  [WVP2]  800x600  24bpp  1000.000 fps   31.8 kbps ( 3.9 kbyte/s)
> > Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared
> > object file: No such file or directory
> > [vdpau] Error when calling vdp_device_create_x11: 1
>
> I've seen this happen to me before. Some NVidia cards have something
> on the card which helps when rendering video, and to make it work one
> needs the VDPAU library.
> Try disabling (or removing) it, and then as it's not encountering this
> error, it should try to find a codec.
>

I assume that reply is only relevant to Robert as the wife PC does not have an 
nvidia video card. I checked the wifes PC and libvdpau1 was installed which 
seems to be linked to mplayer, I removed the file (which also removed mplayer) 
but it made no difference, still can't play the video

Tim


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Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

2010-12-29 Thread StarLion 
> If you hunt through the below you'll notice mplayer doesn't even look for a
> video codec. It just reports no video stream.

Not quite so.

> VIDEO:  [WVP2]  800x600  24bpp  1000.000 fps   31.8 kbps ( 3.9 kbyte/s)
> Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object
> file: No such file or directory
> [vdpau] Error when calling vdp_device_create_x11: 1

I've seen this happen to me before. Some NVidia cards have something
on the card which helps when rendering video, and to make it work one
needs the VDPAU library.
Try disabling (or removing) it, and then as it's not encountering this
error, it should try to find a codec.

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Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

2010-12-29 Thread Tim 
On Wednesday 29 December 2010 18:11:54 Robert Bronsdon wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:09:31 -, Tim  wrote:
> > I installed Debian squeeze and the xfce desktop, thankfully most thing
> > worked
> > out the box, the one that does not is playing .wmv video. I am using the
> > VLC
> > player to view these video but all I get  is the audio track no video,
> > the
> > following link is a sample on one of the files I am trying to view
> > (downloading
> > a playing locally, it is a series of digital images made into a movie
> > with an
> > added sound track using MS Photo Story 3)
> >
> > http://www.windriders.co.uk/video/eastbourne2007small.wmv
>
> I can confirm the problem is a lack of video. I can play other .wmv files
> fine but this one just has sound.
>
> Whoever put the video together has missed a setting somewhere and made an
> audio only file. Unless there is some strange microsoft jiggery pokery
> going on to hide the video track.
>
> The file does seem aweful big for just audio.
>
> If you hunt through the below you'll notice mplayer doesn't even look for
> a video codec. It just reports no video stream.
>
> $ mplayer eastbourne2007small.wmv
> MPlayer SVN-r31628-4.4.4 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
> mplayer: could not connect to socket
> mplayer: No such file or directory
> Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote
> control.
>
> Playing eastbourne2007small.wmv.
> ASF file format detected.
> [asfheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
> [asfheader] Video stream found, -vid 2
> VIDEO:  [WVP2]  800x600  24bpp  1000.000 fps   31.8 kbps ( 3.9 kbyte/s)
> Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object
> file: No such file or directory
> [vdpau] Error when calling vdp_device_create_x11: 1
> ==
> Requested video codec family [wmvadmo] (vfm=dmo) not available.
> Enable it at compilation.
> Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x32505657.
> ==
> ==
> Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
> AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 105.3 kbit/7.46% (ratio: 13159->176400)
> Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm: ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg))
> ==
> AO: [pulse] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
> Video: no video
> Starting playback...

I made the video and I can confirm that there is a video feed in the file as 
well. I can download it and play it locally on my PC with KMPlayer or play it 
through the web broswer (not quite sure what chrome uses). When I try through 
the chrome browser on the wifes PC I get missing plugin.

My PC is running Mepis 8 which is a lenny based distro

Tim 

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Re: [Dorset] wmv files won't play

2010-12-29 Thread Robert Bronsdon 

On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:09:31 -, Tim  wrote:

I installed Debian squeeze and the xfce desktop, thankfully most thing  
worked
out the box, the one that does not is playing .wmv video. I am using the  
VLC
player to view these video but all I get  is the audio track no video,  
the
following link is a sample on one of the files I am trying to view  
(downloading
a playing locally, it is a series of digital images made into a movie  
with an

added sound track using MS Photo Story 3)

http://www.windriders.co.uk/video/eastbourne2007small.wmv


I can confirm the problem is a lack of video. I can play other .wmv files  
fine but this one just has sound.


Whoever put the video together has missed a setting somewhere and made an  
audio only file. Unless there is some strange microsoft jiggery pokery  
going on to hide the video track.


The file does seem aweful big for just audio.

If you hunt through the below you'll notice mplayer doesn't even look for  
a video codec. It just reports no video stream.


$ mplayer eastbourne2007small.wmv
MPlayer SVN-r31628-4.4.4 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote  
control.


Playing eastbourne2007small.wmv.
ASF file format detected.
[asfheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
[asfheader] Video stream found, -vid 2
VIDEO:  [WVP2]  800x600  24bpp  1000.000 fps   31.8 kbps ( 3.9 kbyte/s)
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object  
file: No such file or directory

[vdpau] Error when calling vdp_device_create_x11: 1
==
Requested video codec family [wmvadmo] (vfm=dmo) not available.
Enable it at compilation.
Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x32505657.
==
==
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 105.3 kbit/7.46% (ratio: 13159->176400)
Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm: ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg))
==
AO: [pulse] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Video: no video
Starting playback...


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[Dorset] wmv files won't play

2010-12-29 Thread Tim 

I had to build a new PC for the wife just before christmas due to a graphic 
card 
failure. I built a PC with old kit based on a Gigabyte AMD XP chip with onboard 
graphics (S3).

I installed Debian squeeze and the xfce desktop, thankfully most thing worked 
out the box, the one that does not is playing .wmv video. I am using the VLC 
player to view these video but all I get  is the audio track no video, the 
following link is a sample on one of the files I am trying to view (downloading 
a playing locally, it is a series of digital images made into a movie with an 
added sound track using MS Photo Story 3)

http://www.windriders.co.uk/video/eastbourne2007small.wmv

According to vlc it will play .wmv files

I have also tried using mplayer but I get the same problem

I have checked that I have (what I believe) are the required files installed as 
follows:

ka...@karen:~$ apt-cache policy vlc ffmpeg libavcodec52 mplayer
libavcodec52:
  Installed: 5:0.6.1+svn20101128-0.1
  Candidate: 5:0.6.1+svn20101128-0.1
  Version table:
 *** 5:0.6.1+svn20101128-0.1 0
500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ squeeze/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
 4:0.5.2-6 0
500 http://ukdebian.mirror.anlx.net/debian/ squeeze/main i386 Packages
ffmpeg:
  Installed: 5:0.6.1+svn20101128-0.1
  Candidate: 5:0.6.1+svn20101128-0.1
  Version table:
 *** 5:0.6.1+svn20101128-0.1 0
500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ squeeze/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
 4:0.5.2-6 0
500 http://ukdebian.mirror.anlx.net/debian/ squeeze/main i386 Packages
vlc:
  Installed: 1.1.3-1
  Candidate: 1.1.3-1
  Version table:
 *** 1.1.3-1 0
500 http://ukdebian.mirror.anlx.net/debian/ squeeze/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
mplayer:
  Installed: 2:1.0~rc3++svn20100804-0.1
  Candidate: 2:1.0~rc3++svn20100804-0.1
  Version table:
 *** 2:1.0~rc3++svn20100804-0.1 0
500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ squeeze/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
 2:1.0~rc3++final.dfsg1-1 0
500 http://ukdebian.mirror.anlx.net/debian/ squeeze/main i386 Packages

I am guessing I am missing a plugin or a maybe file permission somewhere, any 
suggestions?

Tim


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